Somebody with full knowledge of the process please update the instructions in the Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Orphaned_package_that_need_new_maintainers The process described there is incomplete. And there are inconsistencies in the terminology. In pkgdb, a package is called "deprecated", which is a term not found in the packaging related Wiki pages. The Wiki uses a mixture of "orphaned" and "retired". Please complete the steps on how to resurrect a package, which pkgdb mark with a "deprecated" box. [...] The following has happened: Feb 6 08:44:57 UTC 2010 Package gnome-applet-netspeed in Fedora devel was orphaned by belegdol http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2010-February/389883.html Feb 9 21:56:02 UTC 2010 Package gnome-applet-netspeed in Fedora devel is now owned by lyosnorezel http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2010-February/391948.html So, package was "orphaned" earlier this year and got a new owner three days later. While it was still being discussed/evaluated how to proceed with the package in F-13 development, the package was kept alive in F-12 and F-11 with bug-fixes. Apparently, pkgdb continued to say "deprecated" for devel, although the package had an owner. With no documentation on what that means and when that mark would disappear. Removing the "dead.package" file and requesting releng to unblock the package in koji also did not affect pkgdb, although it was possible to build the package for Rawhide. The process is unclear/confusing, and it would certainly help if we all used the same terminology. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
